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Poll: McCain Overtakes Obama With Five Point Lead Amid Other Polls Showing Obama Weakening
A new Reuters/Zogby poll indicates Republican Senator John McCain has now shaken up the Presidential race: he is no longer the underdog and has taken a 5 point lead over Democratic Senator Barack Obama — who is seen as steadily weakening in a series of other recent polls. McCain’s lead in the polls means the dynamics of the race have now changed. The “given” that ...
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pundits change minds, call election for mcmuffin
skippy the bush kangaroo — joe gandelman @the moderate voice goes wading in the ocean of political punditry and doesn't get his feet wet - most agree that obama has "squandered" a lead and is now in trouble: ...

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